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Some guys don't. He did, last year.

This one would be more appropriate for me.

No one thought Burnes was an option. I think pretty much everyone would have taken the Burns deal over the proposed Cease deals.

Virtually proves my point. I agree that he was the majority choice.

I'm sure you also have folks that can use an escalator but can't stairs.

Yep, it makes following the game on gameday a lot more...fun.

Mateo obviously.

Corbin Carroll went 1-16 that year.

Welp, Adley and Witt Jr went 1 and 2 so I'm guessing the prior 41 combined are going to come out ahead.

I think there may have been some truth to that back in the day, but in today's game the Umps get post game feedback on every call they make. They (with rare exceptions) are not going to deviate from what they think are balls and strikes.

Do you think umps are like, this kids a rookie I'll screw up the metrics I'm graded on to screw with him?

Baseball reference is rWAR, Fangraphs is fWAR. The 162 rate is for the career. If you want to find out his rate for this season, just do the math.

Don't have to. 1- The Fangraphs quote is sufficient. The 45 seconds that took me was enough. 2- You've already decided to change the narrative to "major writer" from "every writer and publication". Once you start moving goalposts it's time to move on. NO ONE was shocked when Jones didn't go first. This wasn't Harper, it wasn't Strasburg it wasn't even Rutschman. You don't deserve more of my time.

Not to anyone thinking about it rationally.

I don't expect anyone except a handful of guys to have great success in the majors. It happens every year but it also doesn't happen many times every year. I think I'm on record as saying he could be a 3 win guy, a solid ML contributor. Right now his 162 rWAR is at 4.4 which isn't too far off that.

It certainly seems as if Fangraphs didn't think it was unanimous. Not sure why you just can't say most. You have nothing to gain by being hyperbolic.

It's power and launch angle.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-mlb-mock-draft/ While most folks had Jones as the top pick, I don't recall anyone thinking it was some sort of big shock that Baltimore went with a different player.

Just the short period of time he was there it seems unlikely that both of his stories are from that window. I provided the roster so you could check and see if your guess was a viable option.

Sucks at fetch, no range.

Have Cano bat.

Mountcastle doesn't even have a hit this game.

If they can't hold a six run lead in the seventh they deserve to lose.

There is a thread about it.

I agree, sometimes he should catch.